In Encino, a 1958 Edward Fickett post-and-beam is reborn as a modern gem.

Encino

Jonn Coolidge

Homeowners Warner Walcott and Jonn Coolidge have sensitively complemented Edward Fickett's architecture with an art and furniture collection that's at once retro yet contemporary. Here, the cantilevered fireplace hovers over walnut flooring. The artwork is a 1970s Robert Mangold lithograph from the Attic series. The pots are 1950s Georges Jouve hand-thrown ceramics, and the stools were designed by Charlotte Perriand and refined in Le Corbusier's atelier.

Homeowners Warner Walcott and Jonn Coolidge have sensitively complemented Edward Fickett's architecture with an art and furniture collection that's at once retro yet contemporary. Here, the cantilevered fireplace hovers over walnut flooring. The artwork is a 1970s Robert Mangold lithograph from the Attic series. The pots are 1950s Georges Jouve hand-thrown ceramics, and the stools were designed by Charlotte Perriand and refined in Le Corbusier's atelier. (Jonn Coolidge)

"I love the exaggerated chesterfield tufting and the fastening bolts and carabiners, so you can reconfigure it into a pit or anything else," Walcott says of the 1970s Camaleonda seating by Mario Bellini. The softness of the sectionals plays off the clean lines of the architecture. To the right: A tree set in a box of red rocks reaches toward the skylights.

"I love the exaggerated chesterfield tufting and the fastening bolts and carabiners, so you can reconfigure it into a pit or anything else," Walcott says of the 1970s Camaleonda seating by Mario Bellini. The softness of the sectionals plays off the clean lines of the architecture. To the right: A tree set in a box of red rocks reaches toward the skylights. (Jonn Coolidge)